Italian post rock and cosmic disco duo Crimea X have finished their second album, Another, due out on Hell Yeah in early 2013. It comes 2 years after their last effort, Prospective, and explores the same laidback yet spaced out sounds laced with intergalactic guitar riffs, wobbly pianos and skewed synth patterns that DJ Rocca (aka Lucca Roccatagliati, producer for Daniele Baldelli, Ajello and Dimitri From Paris’s partner in the Erodiscotique project) and Jukka Reverberi (Giardini di Mirò) have championed since first getting together. In that time, the pair have become hugely admired cult figures in their respective worlds, pioneering sounds and garnering adoring support wherever they go. 

First singles from the album such as ‘Yev’ have already been doing the rounds, finding favour with musicos like Andrew Weatherall, Ivan Smagghe, Justin Robertson and Tim Sweeney, whilst the album itself was produced by Norwegian legend Bjorn Torsk who spent 10 days in the studio with the duo before returning home to mix it in Bergen. Best known for previously touring with Biosphere, releasing house and techno for a range of legendary labels and, as a disco producer, inspiring the likes of current darlings Todd Terje, Prins Thomas and Lindstrøm with his past albums, this is the first time he has produced an album with another band in this way. 

Across nine tracks (and one hidden) the duo explores a whole world of intergalactic sounds with their analogue machines.  ‘Floor Dance Track’ for example, is a chugging, Italo licked affair that builds in waves of lush sound taking cues from far outside the usual electronic realms. ‘Dream is Gone’ pairs all sorts of alien sounds with the delicate vocal tones of Reverberi and ‘Portable Water’ is a slowed and purposeful sad song that’s stuffed with doe-eyed emotions and awash with instrumental artistry. 

Elsewhere, Rocca’s flowery flute lines lace up tracks like ‘Summer Rain’ and bring an air of downbeat introspection to proceedings. There are plenty of shiny, glossy, arpeggiated efforts like ‘A Present’ nestled along the way, too, where vocals act as much like an extra instrument and texture as anything else.  Meanwhile, it’s tracks like A Haunted Love that will likely become big hits with their acute end of the night vibes, ditty pianos, rousing synths and dreamy, soaring vocals.

It’s the sonic richness and depth of layers that makes this album such an arresting listen: nothing sounds familiar but at the same time it never grows too alien or abstract not to love. In fact, Prins Thomas likes the album so much he is remixing three tracks from it to release on his own label.

To support the launch of the album, both members of Crimea X will be touring live once more, incorporating electronics, bass, flutes, vocals and more into the show as they take you on a similarly majestic journey to the one contained within ‘Another’. 


Lucy Kitchen is a British folk singer-songwriter based in Romsey, Hampshire. She makes music spanning Folk, Americana, a little bit of Country, and infused with the feel of 70s singer-songwriters. Lucy's songs explore concepts of grief and loss. She is inspired by lyrical poets, nature, the seasons and making beauty out of hard things. 
In the search for touchstones she is often compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell, Beth Orton and, vocally, to Sandy Denny.

With two previous albums released on her label “Bohemia Rose Records”, and recent releases on RE:WARM Records on the Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours Vol. 2 album and on Sounds of Southampton Vol. 3 she released “The Stabal Sessions” EP in December 2023. A sonic tapestry of melancholic melodies and personal storytelling, this was her first musical project since the loss of her husband to cancer in October 2022. Lucy’s new album, ‘In the Low Light’ is due to be released in early 2026. 

Lucy's unique blend of hypnotic folk music, combined with her evocative voice and emotive song-writing, continues to captivate audiences both in the UK and internationally. She has garnered radio features including BBC Radio 2, BBC Introducing, BBC Radio Scotland, Amazing Radio USA and Radio X. 

Lucy has been in demand for collaborations over the past few years. Working with a number of electronic music acts to write and record she has featured multiple times on BBC Radio 1 and in Mixmag magazine (“Majestic muse”). 

“Utterly beguiling” Clash Magazine
“Beautifully crafted collection” **** Shindig!
“A thing of beauty”- 7/10 Americana UK
**** RnR Magazine

'A rolling groove incorporating delicate keyboard twists and harmonically formed motivation... file under great album, must go and buy!' Mojophenia.com

Jacko Poli's debut album 'The Chords for No Noise' is available now! See the video for single 'Just for You' at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz-Qyv8giXw&feature=youtu.be

Produced by Grant Henderson and working with talented multi-instrumentalist Luke Hirst, the album is about life, love, loss and everything and nothing in between.

It's an album that never sits still, never settles on one style. From the muscular opener 'Let's Get Lost' to the atmospheric 'Rain Falls Down', the ebullient 'Just for You' and the haunting 'So Long (Lamented)', the album ebbs and flows and often surfs between indie guitar rock and reflective piano ballads.

It's classic, epic, Indie Pop with a silky smooth edge. A little like a lo-fi Elbow crossed with Feist. Jacko Poli is for anyone who likes melodic, clear indie pop tunes and appreciates a lyrical style that goes beyond the generic.

Unapologetic Alt Pop

PS: formerly known as LIO

Rooz Izadi, known by his stage and recording name Spacewalk, is an award-winning singer-songwriter, composer and record producer based in Sweden. Although his music tends to defy categorization and goes beyond specific genre boundaries, it can be referred to as 'alternative' as he intricately blends finger-picked arpeggios with delicate vocal harmonies, horn sections, multi-layered psychedelic synths, lush ambient textures, and assertive basslines. "Spaciousness, the atmospheric tonality, hypnotic harmonies and melodic contours of the compositions take you to places that you don't want to leave."

Spacewalk comes into being as the musical journey of a passionate young man who eventually dares to touch his father's dusty worn-out Alhambra guitar in his late teens and steps into a free unlimited dimension, light years away from the cramped box of government-imposed restrictions. At the time, the bitter reality of the systematic philistinism of the totalitarian establishment is silently cancelled out by a young vibrant underground network of talented musicians and connoisseurs in his hometown, Tehran. Being a part of such a creative community, and as a self-taught musician, Spacewalk's music develops in originality as he starts writing his own songs and soon he is awarded as a finalist in the Song of The Year international songwriting contest.
 
In 2009, Spacewalk records his first EP in independent underground studios including his own home studio in Tehran, Iran. The publication of "Your Rainbows After My Acid Rain" is challenged by predictable legal obstacles which motivates him to release it DIY, both digitally and on CDs. In the end, the culmination of his efforts pays off and his music is relatively well received specially after being aired by several radio stations including BBC Introducing and WFMU.

After moving to Sweden to pursue his passion, he releases his second EP "Placebo Effect" in summer 2011 on the leading digital outlets and streaming services. Acoustically recorded, this collection comprises guitars, piano and vocal harmonies to "paint a great picture in his story-telling which captures and holds the listener's attention". Since then, Spacewalk has toured and performed in numerous locations including England, Sweden, Denmark, Santorini, Crete, The Canary Islands, Madeira, Alaska, Washington, the Mexican Caribbean and British Columbia.
 
In summer 2018, he finishes the tracking of his first full album, and later in October, the production of the album is completed at Svenska Grammofonstudion (SGS), one of Scandinavia's leading studios located in Gothenburg. The upcoming LP, the culmination of years of traveling, songwriting, and sonic experimentation, is planned to be released next year. In this record, Spacewalk's music, inspired by his diverse musical influences, has taken a more psychedelic turn, expanding his sound by adding more textural depth to his arrangements, and more punch to the grooves.

Kete Bowers new critically acclaimed album Paper Ships was recorded in Toronto, Canada in September 2018 at The Cowboy Junkies Studio "The Hanger" produced by Michael Timmins and mastered by Peter J Moore. All songs written by Kete Bowers.  "Paper Ships released on 28/06/2019.

"Like Cohen before him, Bowers is magnificent proof that melancholy and torment can produce great music and resonant lyrics, there may be ghosts behind us but Paper Ships encourages us to take their hands and walk with them towards the light." 
Mike Davies, folking.com 

The stone cold beauty of this collection of songs is the combination of Bowers’ heartfelt and often gut-wrenching songwriting with a distinctively rich voice and Timmins trademark crisp production that forces the listener to listen intently to every damn word and chord progression. 

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"Listening to Bowers' rich voice you'd swear he was as Texan as Guy Clark or Townes Van Zandt. Paper Ships is a classic slice of Americana". 

Uncut Magazine 2019. ******
credits
releases August 1, 2019 

Kete Bowers : Acoustic Guitar, Vocals. 
Tom Juhas : Electric Guitar. 
Aron Goldstein : Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro Guitar. 
Michael Johnston : Piano, Organ, 
Josh Finlayson : Bass Guitar. 
Peter Timmins : Drums.

BUY ALBUM HERE https://ketebowers.bandcamp.com/album/paper-ships

A song is a history, a memory, a mood state.
David Kira® (solo project)
Alice And the Papas (with my daughter)
Godend (Band with Svan Ohni)

The music of Arctic Lightz is an attempt to convey the inner world of a person in love, to convey their condition and mindset with words that never distort the meaning. It is music about things you can’t see with your eyes. It is about the night and rain too. 
This is a canvas impregnated with slow hip-hop beats gently touched by scratch sounds and saxophone as well as delicate strokes of keys and guitar. The tender female vocals beautifully woven into the tracks make them part of the plan where each sound is as important as silences between them.

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